VIDEOS ON MONETARY THEORY AND REFORM A. TOP 12 Videos B. Videos Produced in the Monetary Reform Movement C. Other Monetary Theory and Reform Videos of Interest D. Background Videos A. TOP 12 VIDEOS Bjerg, Ole. 2016. “Where does money come from?“ TEDxCopenhagen. 24 May 2016. Bongiovanni, Joe. 2013. “Why Monetary Reform … Continue reading “Educational and Promotional Videos”
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Bilderberg, Beyond the Taboo
© Peter Edel, 2020 The Dutch King, the Prime Minister, and a Minister associated themselves withan anti-democrat who financed right-wing extremists. At the beginning of June of this year, a tradition was missing: the Bilderberg conference. The annual gathering of the elite from politics, business, the media and science has been postponed for the time … Continue reading “Bilderberg, Beyond the Taboo”
On Trump: More on Alex Jones
Into the Grove In quite some ways the following is an instructive story. In July 2000 Alex Jones, Mike Hanson and British journalist Jon Ronson infiltrated the yearly Bohemian Grove gathering of very wealthy and well-connected people just north of San Francisco. They dressed up as preppy, casual CEOs and slipped into the estate … Continue reading “On Trump: More on Alex Jones”
Nietzsche’s Reluctant Acceptance of Liberal Democracy (and later Rejection)
Introduction. The questions to be addressed in this essay are 1) whether we can extract from Nietzsche’s book Human, All Too Human, which was written in his more moderate science-oriented middle period, something of a political view; 2) whether this view can be construed, with some hedging here and there, as supporting modern liberal democracy; … Continue reading “Nietzsche’s Reluctant Acceptance of Liberal Democracy (and later Rejection)”
Darwinian Conservatism and the Liberal Welfare State
§1. Introduction. In his book Darwinian Conservatism the political scientist Larry Arnhart makes the case that traditional conservatism is the right political philosophy for humanity to follow because “it rests on a view of human nature that is supported by Darwinian biology” (Arnhart, 10). Arnhart developed his case by way of defending five propositions, each … Continue reading “Darwinian Conservatism and the Liberal Welfare State”
Talking about Borders
Often maps can convey ideas better than words. One example is this terrific map I recently found illustrating the geographical dimension of the ‘Trilateral West’ or ‘North-Western Triad’, which is composed of the three economic power houses, Japan, the US and the EU, including some of its loyal satellites like South Korea, Australia, New … Continue reading “Talking about Borders”
President Trump should be submitted for a Psychiatric Evaluation
The assassination of the Iranian general Soleimani is almost certainly not because of some geopolitical strategic calculus by Trump. Two reasons will back up this observation. One, Trump is according to many mental health professionals not capable of such reasoning anymore and, two, according to many geopolitical analysts the risks far outweigh the advantages … Continue reading “President Trump should be submitted for a Psychiatric Evaluation”
On Money: The Libra versus Sovereignty
A US-based progressive monthly, The Nation, just published an article about the Libra by MMT enthusiast Rohan Grey, titled: “Facebook Wants Its Own Currency. That Should Scare Us All. Instead of embracing Facebook’s Libra, we should be rallying for a public option for digital currency.” This is an interesting article and deserves close scrutiny for several … Continue reading “On Money: The Libra versus Sovereignty”
Richard Wolff’s Trajectory beyond MMT into SMR
Introduction Recently I watched two episodes of the progressive Thom Hartmann Program in which the host discussed banking and Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) with the Marxist economist Richard Wolff [1, 2]. Following are the pertinent points I came away with, which developed into a little article, in which I will try to make the case … Continue reading “Richard Wolff’s Trajectory beyond MMT into SMR”
Dutch Report on Money and Debt and its Reception by Ons Geld
On January 17, 2019, a research institute of the Dutch government, The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), offered its report on banking and money-creation to the Dutch government [1]. The report was commissioned by the government after a motion in the Dutch parliament in March 2016 during a debate, which itself was triggered … Continue reading “Dutch Report on Money and Debt and its Reception by Ons Geld”